Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier
pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and
social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states,
including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank’s
development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for
transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through
inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

Job Title: 2018 Internship Program

Provide students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical experience at the African Development Bank.

Provide the Bank with a pool of potential candidates for future recruitment purposes.

Duties and Responsibilities

The fields of study from which interns are selected must be within
the job families of the Bank, particularly Economics, Agriculture,
Private Sector Development, Human Capital Development (Education and
Health), Environment, Finance, Infrastructure Development, Human
Resources Management, Information Technology, Communications, Law,
Internal Audit, Budget, Governance or any other field of study that the
Bank may deem relevant to its operations.

Special consideration shall be given to students who are working on
projects that have a direct bearing on the mission of the Bank.

Internships shall be performed either at the Bank’s headquarters in
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) or in any one of the Bank’s field offices or
Regional Centres.

Timeline for the 2018 Program (Summer – Session: June through December 2018.):

Internships shall be granted to each candidate for a period not less
than three (3) months and not more than six (6) months. The internship
is authorized only once for any candidate.

Interns shall be responsible for their air travel (where applicable) to and from the Bank’s location as well as their upkeep.

Interns shall be responsible for their medical insurance coverage
and for obtaining entry and residence visas in the host country of the
Bank.

Eligible Interns will be provided with a monthly stipend.

Selection Criteria
Eligibility Criteria:
To be eligible for internship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

Students, aged between eighteen (18) to thirty (30) years, and
currently enrolled in a Master’s level degree program or its equivalent
in a recognized public or private institution of higher learning.

The candidate can apply for an internship within one (1) year of having obtained such a degree.

Provide a letter from their school confirming their enrollment or a copy of the above mentioned Degree.

Citizens of one of the Bank’s member countries.

Applicants must be fluent in at least one of the Banks’s two working languages (English or French).

Strategic Focus areas:
The specific disciplines and specialist professional areas are aligned
to the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy (TYS) and the gender strategy. In
addition to the fields that are in the job families of the Bank, focus
will be on the following areas:

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